italy

Once the embarrassment of Italy, this is now the jewel in its crown. Steeped in history, this is possibly the world’s longest living civilisation, having been occupied since the Paleolithic era. In the 1950s this place had an open sewer running through the streets; Matera was a problem but now it’s a symbol of hope, […]

A hidden corner of Italy harbours a beautiful secret that is Maratea. I inadvertently stumbled across this treasure in a fictional novel; reading about the pomegranate tree, Christ the Redeemer Statue and the homely Villa Rosa. To discover just a few months later that this place existed meant there was only one thing for it…….I […]

We booked our flight on the internet in advance of our trip to Italy and opted to begin our journey in Castelmezzano, over to Pietrapertosa. We parked on the side of the road in Castelmezzano and walked to the tourist office to collect our tickets. It’s about a 10 minute quick walk through the town […]